In writing this book, which has recently been published in the International Psycho-Analytical Library, Dr Guntrip would appear to have had two purposes in mind: first, to expound and elaborate on the psychodynamic theories of Dr W. R. D. Fairbairn, and secondly, to present a public affirmation of his own personal philosophy of psychotherapy. These two aims are not happily wedded, nor indeed clearly distinguished by the author, and the reader is likely to be irritated by apparent repetitiousness and